Book Clubs Column by Julie Hale

THE LURE OF FREEDOMIn her electrifying debut novel, Wench, Dolen Perkins-Valdez tells the unforgettable story of four slave women who serve as mistresses to their masters. In Ohio during the 1850s, Mawu, Lizzie, Sweet and Reenie meet while vacationing with their owners at a resort, where they see a true wonder—free blacks—and hear gossip about abolition. With the exception of...